Habakkuk 3:4 (WEB)
His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“…with their heart: so the people well fed and fat-fleshed could not bear the countenance of Moses who fasted, for, to correctly render the Hebrew, it was furnished with horns through his converse with God.” — editor's note: The curious custom of representing Moses with horns arose from a mistake in the Vulgate rendering. The Hebrew verb קּול, to emit rays, is derived from a word…
Read the whole comment“And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.”” — editor's note: Hab. iii. 3, 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
““And He hath placed the firm charity of His strength” needs no exposition.” — editor's note: Hab. iii. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the prophet Habakkuk sees Him bearing horns, and celebrates His defensive attitude—“horns in His hands.”” — editor's note: Hab. iii. 4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Before His face shall go the Word, and shall go forth unto the plains according to His steps.”” — editor's note: Hab. iii. 3–5.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.22.